Sonny Side Up Al Pacino’s personal life has been a bit of a train wreck, but his new memoir leaves no doubt that acting has been the most important thing in his life. Kevin Mims 28 Oct 2024 · 21 min read
Blonde on Blonde Andrew Dominik’s much-maligned film about the life and death of a screen icon claws through the sentimental myth-making in search of terrible truths. Charlotte Allen 18 Oct 2024 · 32 min read
Tales of Creation and Adaptation The journey of two novels from mind to page to silver screen. Allan Stratton 14 Oct 2024 · 22 min read
Towards a New Liberal International Order It is time for democratic countries to accept that the existing system is broken and that they must develop a new global security architecture. Matt Johnson 11 Oct 2024 · 26 min read
Death of a Repentant Iconoclast Steve Albini and the new problem with music. Ari Gandsman 4 Oct 2024 · 25 min read
Populism and Power Why a right-wing populist has qualms about J.D. Vance and his postliberal ideology. Dennis Saffran 23 Sep 2024 · 18 min read
A Stupid Cartoon and the University Ideology Frantz Fanon, Stokely Carmichael, and the roots of the uproar over Zionism. Paul Berman 9 Sep 2024 · 41 min read
The Muslim Choice: Integration or Confrontation Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance. John Lloyd 3 Sep 2024 · 33 min read
A Filmmaker in Spite of Himself Sacha Guitry disdained cinema as an art form, but with a slew of recent Blu-ray releases, his acidic comedies are finally receiving the attention they deserve. Jaspreet Singh Boparai 28 Aug 2024 · 22 min read
Seventy Years of Spite and Sophistication Elvis Costello at three score and ten. Dave Thompson 25 Aug 2024 · 20 min read
The Professor, His Nemesis, and a Scandal at Oberlin The story of how a liberal college promoted and defended an Iranian Islamist and betrayed its own values. Roya Hakakian 8 Aug 2024 · 31 min read
America’s Last Great Political Novel In anticipation of the Democrats’ Convention in Chicago, a look back at Joe Klein’s splendid 1996 novel ‘Primary Colors’—a fascinating snapshot of Democratic Party politics at the end of the 20th century. Kevin Mims 6 Aug 2024 · 22 min read
Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’ Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning. Matt Johnson 4 Jul 2024 · 25 min read
Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time The recycling industry—and the world at large—has yet to fully reckon with a bombshell study that dropped last year. Frank Celia 17 Jun 2024 · 17 min read
Blood, Sweat, and Gasoline The story of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster franchise, Mad Max. Allan Stratton 5 Jun 2024 · 21 min read
